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December 07, 2005
Nobody's happy now
Man, President Bush can't do anything right lately. The "Christian Right," who like to take credit for Bush's two electoral victories, are pissed at the Commander in Chief for his holiday greeting card:
This month, as in every December since he took office, President Bush sent out cards with a generic end-of-the-year message, wishing 1.4 million of his close friends and supporters a happy holiday season.
Many people are thrilled to get a White House Christmas card, no matter what the greeting inside. But some conservative Christians are reacting as if Bush stuck coal in their stockings.
"This clearly demonstrates that the Bush administration has suffered a loss of will and that they have capitulated to the worst elements in our culture," said William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.
Bush "claims to be a born-again, evangelical Christian. But he sure doesn't act like one," said Joseph Farah, editor of the conservative Web site WorldNetDaily .com. "I threw out my White House card as soon as I got it."
Religious conservatives are miffed because they have been pressuring stores to advertise Christmas sales rather than holiday specials and urging schools to let students out for Christmas vacation rather than for winter break.
Take a chill pill, Mr. Donahue! Have a seat, Mr. Farah! I thought President Bush wanted to be a uniter, not a divider. And there's no surer way to start dividing people than to exclude their religion from something.
Sure, you could argue that this has the effect of being a reverse division, because Christians who bleat about the reason for the season feel like they're being forsaken.
Nevertheless, this, to me, is a pile of hooey. It's a product of living in a free and open society. I'm sure there's space somewhere on a tropical island if you want to start a Christians-only country. And hope they can get a sweet Target to open there, too.
Posted by oz115 at December 7, 2005 09:39 AM
Comments
Anything that angers the Religious-folk puts a smile on my face.
Posted by: G at December 7, 2005 12:21 PM
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I've added you to my favorites in a folder titled "Fullerton," because that's my spot, and I've been in love with the idea of reading blogs in my neighborhood for about a thousand years. It's reason #823 I moved to Chicago from Akron.
Anyway, talk/comment to you later - I'll be reading!
Posted by: Colin Morris at December 9, 2005 01:53 AM
now honey pie... sugar love, dimple whipple, love dove, schnookums.... I cannot believe that for once we agree on something relatively political. I mean, you just DEFENDED BUSH! Oh honey, I'm growing on you! you'll be voting MY way in the next election! I LOVE YOU HONEY! YOU ARE THE BEST BOYFRIEND EVER!
Posted by: Christy Your Love! at December 9, 2005 07:38 PM